Key & Death Hole
Key & Death Hole is a community in the township of Congo Town, Greater Monrovia District, Liberia.[2] The community is located on the eastern, i.e. Old Road, side of the Spriggs Payne Airport.[3] The name Death Hole stems from massacres of the Liberian Civil War, occurring near the airfield in 1990.[3] An alternative name for the area is Tweh-Johnsonville, after Matthew Tweh and Rt. Gen. J. Samuel Johnson.[3]
Key & Death Hole | |
|---|---|
Community | |
| Country |  |
| County | Montserrado County |
| District | Greater Monrovia |
| Township | Congo Town |
| Population (2014)[1] | |
| • Total | 7,407 |
As of 2014 the population of Key & Death Hole was estimated at 7,407.[1] Key & Death Hole is part of the Montserrado-10 electoral district.[2]
References
- Liberia Institute of Statistics and Geo-Information Services. Population 2008, 2014 by County, District, Clan and Households, Liberia
- National Electoral Commission. Montserrado County Electoral District No.10 2017
- FrontPage Africa. In Liberia unburied bones at the end of a runway are all that mark the site of a massacre
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